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Strangelet
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A 24x 3.5" bay 4U machine I bought off ebay in 2022 for $999.
As delivered
A diskless but otherwise complete 8048B-TRFT system:
- Supermicro SC848XTS-R3240BP chassis
- Supermicro X10QBi motherboard with Intel 602J chipset, 4x PCIe 3.0x16, 7x PCIe 3.0x4
- 4x Supermicro PWS-1K62P-1R 80+ Platinum 1620W PSUs in 2+2 configuration
- Supermicro AOM-X10QBi-A I/O card (dual 10Gbps + VGA)
- 4x Intel® Xeon® E7-4850 v2 2.3GHz CPUs
- 3x 80mm FAN-0148L4 rear exhaust fans
- Nidec 80x80x38mm 62.5 dBA, 116.5 CFM, 1.95A
- 4x 92mm FAN-0146L4 fans
- 24x 3.5" MCP-220-00075-0B trays (one with dead LED)
- BPN-SAS3-846EL1 12Gbs SAS3 backplane
- upgraded by vendor from BPN-SAS-846A 12Gbps SAS2 backplane
- 8x X10QBi-MEM1 memory boards
- 16x 16GB DDR3 DIMMs
- MCP-290-00057-0N rail set
Changes
Prices include tax and shipping.
Replacements
- Replaced PSUs with 4x Supermicro PWS-1K28P-SQ "SuperQuiet" 80+ Platinum 1280W PSUs ($197)
Additions
- 8x 32GB Samsung PC3L-10600L DDR3L ($218)
- 2x Bejavr M.2 PCIe cards ($23)
- 2x GLOTRENDS U.2 PCIe cards ($46)
- 2x Intel 750 400GB U.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs (had on hand)
- 2x Samsung 980 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSDs ($175)
- USB 3.2 PCIe card
- USB 3.0 powered hub
